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Rob Cesternino
05/27/20 5:07:50 PM
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https://twitter.com/JohnBoyega/status/1265552561429413890

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deupd_u2
05/27/20 5:08:33 PM
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I don't care what actors have to say.

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sinners_demise
05/27/20 5:09:42 PM
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Fuck John Boyega he sucked in Star Wars

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Smashingpmkns
05/27/20 5:09:56 PM
#4:


That's not what he said and he's right.
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Garreyn
05/27/20 5:10:12 PM
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Hahaha ruined the world.

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UnfairRepresent
05/27/20 5:10:17 PM
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Are you guys on twitter dedicated to seeing whats in your head and not what I wrote? Take a break because youre one of them. As i said you cant force me to talk about what Im not talkng about. Shut up.

Is this dude drunk?
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TheGoldenEel
05/27/20 5:10:33 PM
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Colloquially racism is used to refer to institutional racism, which does not happen against whites in the US or most of the world in fact

but you already know this

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Cobra1010
05/27/20 5:11:06 PM
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Is this real? Because this John boyega guy is kinda stupid for posting stuff like this. Didnt he also said stuff that turned out wrong towards the Rose actress? He needs to learn to keep his mouth shut for his own good with how politically sensitive social media is nowadays. Especially on twitter.

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sinners_demise
05/27/20 5:11:11 PM
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All racism is bad wtf
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Cornmuffins
05/27/20 5:11:55 PM
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ZeroX91
05/27/20 5:12:13 PM
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Does anyone expect anything intelligent to ever be on an actor's Twitter?

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Malfunction
05/27/20 5:12:24 PM
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What a weird reply to him in the first place
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UnfairRepresent
05/27/20 5:12:29 PM
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White people can't be victims of racism!!! Because you can't be racist against a group that's never been oppressed!!!

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Krow_Incarnate
05/27/20 5:13:00 PM
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Everyone already knew this dude was a racist. Nothing new.

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CountDog
05/27/20 5:13:34 PM
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Wow, he clearly doesn't know an ounce of history. Sad part is, like 2k worth of fans are now even more into him.

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coh
05/27/20 5:14:01 PM
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Respect to that guy who replied to him. He has principles
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MaxEffingBemis
05/27/20 5:15:06 PM
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Cobra1010 posted...
Is this real? Because this John boyega guy is kinda stupid for posting stuff like this. Didnt he also said stuff that turned out wrong towards the Rose actress? He needs to learn to keep his mouth shut for his own good with how politically sensitive social media is nowadays. Especially on twitter.
Youre kinda stupid for posting stuff like this buddy

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ThePrinceFish
05/27/20 5:16:17 PM
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John Boyega is the celebrity poster boy for "everything you're thinking doesn't need to go on Twitter"

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Thunder_Armor
05/27/20 5:16:36 PM
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Both the initial reply and Boyega's reply to it are stupid

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Malfunction
05/27/20 5:16:52 PM
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Very clear picture of the type of people annoyed by this emerging
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TheGoldenEel
05/27/20 5:17:24 PM
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Malfunction posted...
Very clear picture of the type of people annoyed by this emerging
Yeah theres certainly a trend among user tags ITT

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Zikten
05/27/20 5:26:33 PM
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He sounds like he doesn't care about other minorities just black people. He probably thinks white on Asian racism is OK for example

Or black on Asian for that matter
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Malfunction
05/27/20 5:28:07 PM
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Zikten posted...
He sounds like he doesn't care about other minorities just black people. He probably thinks white on Asian racism is OK for example

Or black on Asian for that matter
dont you post swastikas
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Damn_Underscore
05/27/20 5:29:45 PM
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People ITT defending this and acting like they are morally superior

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Zikten
05/27/20 5:30:29 PM
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Malfunction posted...
dont you post swastikas
I posted a Buddhist holy symbol and it was only once. People make it out like I did it a billion times for years. It only happened one time and no it was not a swastika
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Malfunction
05/27/20 5:30:50 PM
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do you think john boyega is personally cool with white or black on asian racism
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Zikten
05/27/20 5:31:08 PM
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Malfunction posted...
do you think john boyega is personally cool with white or black on asian racism
Yes
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AvantgardeAClue
05/27/20 5:31:46 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
That's not what he said and he's right.


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Cobra1010
05/27/20 5:32:29 PM
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I dont assume most of you watch the english premier league.

But the manchester city player, Raheem Sterling was promoting anti racism agaisnt blacks n stuff. But when their opponents came to their stadium and the crowd was being racist to the opponent players, throwing lighters and coins. He just stood there and watched.

A lot of hypocrite scum in this world.

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Vivec
05/27/20 5:32:29 PM
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Not what he said by any stretch but carry on with the conservative outrage bullshit

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Malfunction
05/27/20 5:32:58 PM
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Zikten posted...
Yes
Wild shit
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Mareen
05/27/20 5:33:55 PM
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Racism is bad regardless. Discrimination is a poison.

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DifferentialEquation
05/27/20 5:34:14 PM
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If TC's claim is wrong, then why would John Boyega feel the need to make such a retort?

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Zikten
05/27/20 5:34:57 PM
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keep in mind this is the same guy who whined there are no black people in game of Thrones, proving he only watched one random episode

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_Rinku_
05/27/20 5:35:15 PM
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TheGoldenEel posted...
Colloquially racism is used to refer to institutional racism, which does not happen against whites in the US or most of the world in fact

but you already know this
I wish people would be more specific about this when talking about racism. I've gotten into screaming matches with people who think it's impossible for a person to be racist against white people. The ideas that "you can be personally racist against a white person" and that "institutional/systemic racism doesn't negatively affect white people in most of the world" are not mutually exclusive.

That said, Boyega's right in what he says. It says a lot about the people getting angry over "I hate racists."
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Cornmuffins
05/27/20 5:36:48 PM
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I get a lot of TC's types confused, but he was the one that posted that pic of a tweet from a black guy saying he broke into someone's house during Hurricane Harvey, right? Then it turned out the pic was being spammed in T_D (and was fake).

Sorry if that's not you TC but you definitely have a similar agenda when making topics like this. It's gross.
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Damn_Underscore
05/27/20 5:37:29 PM
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Even the twitter replies are criticizing him for what he said. And it's not "conservative outrage", it's people legitimately telling him that he's wrong.

Politics isn't a team sport.

Edit: examples

https://twitter.com/TheKrisPrime/status/1265553683326087168

https://twitter.com/ise_tan45/status/1265557062370693122

https://twitter.com/ganderlow/status/1265559002689294339

If you want to say you hate institutional racism, then say that. Adjectives exist for a reason.

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TheGoldenEel
05/27/20 5:39:51 PM
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_Rinku_ posted...
I wish people would be more specific about this when talking about racism. I've gotten into screaming matches with people who think it's impossible for a person to be racist against white people. The ideas that "you can be personally racist against a white person" and that "institutional/systemic racism doesn't negatively affect white people in most of the world" are not mutually exclusive.

That said, Boyega's right in what he says. It says a lot about the people getting angry over "I hate racists."
Yeah

like on an individual level, sure, someone who makes blanket statements like I dont like white people is probably a dick

but that doesnt compare in any way to living in a society where someone can call the police on you for simply existing in a public park and potentially ruin your life

the former example is not a widespread issue that white people face

the latter is everyday life for black people


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Malfunction
05/27/20 5:42:08 PM
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I think you can allow the guy to be annoyed about a particular form of racism on the day a black man was murdered by police in the grossest way possible and a few weeks after another was hunted down by two good old boys. What does it achieve to ask him "what about the pain of white people bro??" in that context?
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fusespliff
05/27/20 5:42:32 PM
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So a black guy living in the US with a nice bank account is being a prick about racism towards a black guy living in a part of the world that still hasn't fully caught up to the rest of the world due to racism...

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SpacialEntropy
05/27/20 5:45:43 PM
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TheGoldenEel posted...
Colloquially racism is used to refer to institutional racism, which does not happen against whites in the US or most of the world in fact

but you already know this

By colloquially you mean by idiots, right?

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_Rinku_
05/27/20 5:46:44 PM
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TheGoldenEel posted...
Yeah

like on an individual level, sure, someone who makes blanket statements like I dont like white people is probably a dick

but that doesnt compare in any way to living in a society where someone can call the police on you for simply existing in a public park and potentially ruin your life

the former example is not a widespread issue that white people face

the latter is everyday life for black people
Exactly. I've had to listen to my (super Pro-Trump, 2A, stereotypical redneck) cousin whine about the persecution he's faced as a white person and how the NAACP should represent him and his grievances. What's really wild about it is that we have a mutual cousin who's black, but he (the super MAGA cousin) still goes on these rants.

Malfunction posted...
I think you can allow the guy to be annoyed about a particular form of racism on the day a black man was murdered by police in the grossest way possible and a few weeks after another was hunted down by two good old boys. What does it achieve to ask him "what about the pain of white people bro??" in that context?
The people going "but why people tho" are almost always acting in bad faith.
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UnfairRepresent
05/27/20 5:47:12 PM
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Malfunction posted...
What does it achieve to ask him "what about the pain of white people bro??"

No one said that

And all predjudice is bad. This is a weird hill to die on.
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SapphireClassic
05/27/20 5:47:43 PM
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Well, I no longer feel bad that he got shafted in the last two Starwar movies...
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TheGoldenEel
05/27/20 5:48:52 PM
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SpacialEntropy posted...
By colloquially you mean by idiots, right?
the real idiots are the ones who cant understand that racism against whites is not a widespread systemic issue anywhere so theres no need to specify youre talking about institutional racism

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EndOfDiscOne
05/27/20 5:49:14 PM
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Let's see what ResetERA has to say

https://www.resetera.com/threads/john-boyega-said-on-twitter-that-he-hates-racists-and-people-started-to-attack-him-for-it.214086/

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slmcknett
05/27/20 5:49:59 PM
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Star Wars actor John Boyega: Only white on black racism is bad
This is as dumb a take as that time Terry Crews said he loved his wife more than anything and people claimed that meant he hated his daughter.

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SpacialEntropy
05/27/20 5:50:32 PM
#49:


TheGoldenEel posted...
the real idiots are the ones who cant understand that racism against whites is not a widespread systemic issue anywhere so theres no need to specify youre talking about institutional racism

Racism and prejudice are bad no matter who's doing it. But I've already fed you too much.


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SocksForWoksMAX
05/27/20 5:52:12 PM
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TheGoldenEel posted...
Colloquially racism is used to refer to institutional racism, which does not happen against whites in the US or most of the world in fact

but you already know this

Yes but its so odd because this term removes race and replaces it with whatever the ruling class is, but still calls it racism...
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